How George Floyd’s family has felt watching Chauvin’s trial

Apr 9, 2021 10 min

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Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 99. The <a href="https://apple.news/AMViDlvwISIKZl4E4yOmpgw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> and the <a href="https://apple.news/ABvbCmrlBQBWP1qUegcVgaw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> look back at his life. Today concludes the second week of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd. <a href="https://apple.news/AC-uYqLEdQk2cQ-IdYOZ6Dg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> spoke to Floyd’s nephew about the experience of rewatching his uncle’s death during the trial. And <a href="https://apple.news/AiJLOi28wRu6-rSBPq-rZAQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains why the trial is retraumatizing Black Americans. Brazil and India are making headlines as COVID-19 cases and deaths there grow. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ahb-0FJMhT9GrSi9MaZwqZQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at what is fueling Brazil’s surge. And <a href="https://apple.news/A3a1CwBxKRE2jWi53Ksy74A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> reports that it’s difficult to know if new variants are behind India’s case increase because the country is not doing thorough genetic-sequencing. When a group of Navy SEALs accused their chief, Eddie Gallagher, of murder, it shined a spotlight on the secretive force. A new investigative podcast by Apple, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-have-a-problem/id1560743789?i=1000515965159">The Line</a>, explores the accusations against Gallagher, the subsequent trial, and what the story says about problems in SEAL culture. A subatomic particle is challenging one of the most watertight theories in science. <a href="https://apple.news/AyLmAfdJsRBeluVs9m3TE7A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> has details about an experiment that could transform our understanding of how the universe works.

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